The Battle of Dettingen 1743 Museums The last battle at which a British King was present, King George II: a victory for the Pragmatic Army led, nominally, by King George II King George II with the Duke of Cumberland at the Battle of Dettingen on 16th June 1743 in the War of the Austrian Succession: picture by John Wootton: click here to buy this picture The previous battle in the British Battles series is the Battle of Malplaquet The next battle of the War of the Austrian Succession is the Battle of Fontenoy War: War of the Austrian Succession or King George’s War (the name in North America).

Battle of Dettingen on 16th June 1743 in the War of the Austrian Succession: picture by John Mackenzie Date of the Battle of Dettingen: 16th June 1743 (old style) (new style: 27th June 1743) Battle of Dettingen fought on 16th June 1743 in the War of the Austrian Succession: picture by Henri Dupray: click here to buy this picture Duc de Noailles French Commander at the Battle of Dettingen fought on 16th June 1743 in the War of the Austrian Succession Place of the Battle of Dettingen: Dettingen was fought in South West Germany on the North bank of the Main river some 70 miles East of Frankfurt and 3 miles West of Aschaffenburg. Combatants at the Battle of Dettingen: The Pragmatic Army comprising British, Hanoverians and Austrians against a French Army.

Generals at the Battle of Dettingen: George II, King of England and Elector of Hanover, Earl of Stair, Marshall Konigseck, Duc D’Ahremburg, General Ilton (Hanover). The French were commanded by the Duc de Noailles and the force that crossed the Main was commanded by the Comte de Grammont. Size of the Armies at the Battle of Dettingen: 70,000 French and 50,000 British and allied troops.

Winner of the Battle of Dettingen: Pragmatic Army British Regiments at the Battle of Dettingen: The following modern British Regiments hold Dettingen as a battle honour: Third Troop of Horse Guards: Battle of Dettingen fought on 16th June 1743 in the War of the Austrian Succession: Mackenzie after Representation of Cloathing 1742 The Life Guards, the Blues and Royals, the Queen’s Dragoon Guards, the Royal Dragoon Guards, the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, the Queen’s Royal Hussars, the Grenadier Guards, the Coldstream Guards, the Scots Guards, the Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment, the King’s Regiment, the Devon and Dorset Regiment, the Royal Anglian Regiment, the Light Infantry, the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, the Royal Highland Fusiliers, the Royal Welch Fusiliers and the Duke of Wellington’s Regiment.

The following British regiments fought at the battle: 3rd and 4th Troops of Horse Guards, 2nd Troop of Horse Grenadier Guards, Royal Regiment of Horse, King’s Horse, 7th Horse, Royal Dragoons, Royal Scots Greys, King’s Dragoons, 4th, 6th and 7th Dragoons, 1st, 2nd and 3rd Foot Guards, 3rd, 4th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 20th, 21st, 23rd, 31st, 32nd, 33rd and 37th Foot. Map of the Battle of Dettingen fought on 16th June 1743 in the War of the Austrian Succession: map by John Fawkes Account of the Battle of Dettingen: The Battle of Dettingen is a significant victory for the British Army, being the only time in modern history that a British Force has been led into battle by a reigning monarch, King George II.

Ligonier’s 8th Horse at the Battle of Dettingen fought on 16th June 1743 in the War of the Austrian Succession: click here to buy this picture Although ostensibly fighting to preserve Flanders from the predations of Louis XV’s French armies, the British army’s presence on the Continent from 1742 was as much to preserve the independence of Hanover, King George II being Elector of Hanover. The British force constituted part of what was known as the “Pragmatic Army”, comprising British, Austrian and Hanoverian troops. Earl of Stair British Commander at the Battle of Dettingen fought on 16th June 1743 in the War of the Austrian Succession In early 1743 the Pragmatic Allies were at a loss how to use their army against the French. Finally, late in the campaigning season and at King George II’s insistence, the Pragmatic Army march south to Frankfurt am Main and occupied the area to the west of Mainz on the River Main.

King George II intended that the army’s presence should influence the election of the new Archbishop of Mainz, an elector in the Holy Roman Empire and therefore of importance in the affairs of Hanover. The Pragmatic Army marched from Flanders during May 1743 and encamped near Aschaffenburg, around the village of Klein Ostheim. A large French Army under the Duc de Noailles occupied the south bank of the River Main to the west. The Pragmatic generals were the Earl of Stair, in nominal overall command, the Duke D’Ahrenburg and Marshall Neipperg commanding the Austrians and General Ilton commanding the Hanoverian contingent. King George II at the Battle of Dettingen on 16th June 1743 in the War of the Austrian Succession: picture by David Morier: click here to buy this picture On 8th June 1743, King George II, the King of England, joined the army, amid a flurry of celebrations and salutes.

He brought with him a considerable retinue, conveyed by a long column of carriages and some 600 horses that paralysed the local roads for days, and his younger and favourite son, William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, a major general in the British Army. Over the next few days George attended church services and functions in Mainz in anticipation of the election of the new archbishop. The situation of the Pragmatic Army deteriorated dramatically when the French cut the route along the Rhine and Main Rivers by which the army received supplies from its Flanders base. There had been no proper supply of bread for a week, when finally on 16th June 1743 King George II ordered the retreat to begin; west along the road to Hanau and Frankfurt and then north to Flanders. The Pragmatic Army’s route lay along the north bank of the Main River. Within three miles, King George II’s army would pass through the village of Dettingen, where the road crossed several marshy brooks flowing into the Main. As the Pragmatic Army marched towards Dettingen, advanced parties reported that the French occupied the village, blocking the road.

During the night, the French, commanded by the Duc de Grammont, had crossed the river, using bridges of boats across the Main and held the village and the marshy ground between Dettingen and the hills in strength. Battle of Dettingen fought on 16th June 1743 in the War of the Austrian Succession: The River Main is on the left: the French army can be seen crossing the bridges and swimming the river: Segligenstadt is on the extreme left with Hanau in the left middle distance. Klein Ostheim lies in the left foreground. Dettingen lies in the left lower middle above Klein Ostheim. On the right are the Spessart Hills. The Pragmatic Army marches from the right foreground to the middle background towards the French Army marching to meet them. Clouds of smoke mark the point of conflict. The presence of the French took the Pragmatic Army by surprise. It is a surprise that such a large force could have been in ignorance of the presence of the enemy on its own side of the river within five miles of its camp.

Garde Française: Battle of Dettingen fought on 16th June 1743 in the War of the Austrian Succession Preparing to give battle, the British, Austrian and Hanoverian troops formed line; the Main River on the left and the wooded Spessart Hills on the right. The Pragmatic Army took from 9am to midday to form up. This length of time must have been due to the lack of co-ordinated training between the regiments and national contingents and the difficulty of moving from a column of march with a considerable quantity of baggage into battle line. No doubt there was great anxiety at the predicament in which the Pragmatic Army found itself. The Duc de Noailles’ plan was, while the Duc de Grammont held the line of Dettingen and the streams preventing the Pragmatic allies from continuing their march, to hurry a section of his army along the south bank of the Main and cross at Aschaffenburg in the Pragmatic Army’s rear. The Pragmatic Allies would be caught between the two French forces and perhaps forced to surrender; King George II becoming a French prisoner.

Horse Grenadier of the Maison du Roi: Battle of Dettingen fought on 16th June 1743 in the War of the Austrian Succession As the British regiments formed to face the French in Dettingen, they watched Noailles’ troops on the far bank marching east towards Aschaffenburg. After a hurried consultation the Pragmatic commanders dispatched the British and Hanoverian Foot Guards in haste back towards Aschaffenburg. The French batteries on the south bank of the Main River began the battle, opening fire across the river as the marching French troops cleared their front. The bombardment was directed at the British cavalry moving along the North bank. The French fire seems to have inflicted few casualties. It is said that de Grammont’s clear orders were to stay in Dettingen and force the Pragmatic Army to attack him. If this is so he disobeyed. As the British, Hanoverian and Austrian regiments completed their line the French advanced out of Dettingen to the attack. There is little reliable information on the form of the battle or on the formation adopted by the Pragmatic troops. It would appear that British regiments were in the front line, but in what order is not clear.

At an early stage, French cavalry, the Maison du Roi, charged the British cavalry by the river. The French were driven back, apparently with significant loss. Dragoon Thomas Brown of Bland’s King’s Own Royal Dragoons: Battle of Dettingen fought on 16th June 1743 in the War of the Austrian Succession: click here to buy this picture The French assault bore all the hallmarks of extreme confusion, possibly a spontaneous and undisciplined advance that De Grammont did not order. The cavalry charge was followed by a French infantry attack on the Pragmatic line of foot, the French appearing to come out of Dettingen pell-mell and in some disorder. The French foot were repelled and, panic stricken, hurried back through Dettingen, re-crossing the Main by the bridges of boats. One of the bridges collapsed and many French troops are reputed to have been drowned.

Bland’s King’s Own Royal Dragoons: Battle of Dettingen fought on 16th June 1743 in the War of the Austrian Succession: picture by Harry Payne Royal Welch Fuziliers: Battle of Dettingen No attempt seems to have been made to follow up the repulse of De Grammont’s force. In due course the Pragmatic Army resumed its march and continued its way to Hanau, passing within a half mile or so of the chaos at the French bridges of boats. The British Army had not been in a major continental war for twenty-five years. There were few officers or soldiers with significant fighting experience, other than some older officers who had fought with Marlborough, such as the Earl of Stair and, curiously, King George II himself who had fought with distinction leading the Hanoverian contingent at the Battle of Oudenarde in 1708 . Contemporary authorities show the lack of military training systems in the British Army, particularly for the mounted regiments. There are clear references in the authorities to British cavalry regiments (particularly the King’s Horse and the Blues) bolting through the British infantry line during the battle, primarily due to inadequate horsemanship.

Contemporary map of the Battle of Dettingen on 16th June 1743 in the War of the Austrian Succession by Andreas Reinhard (II) of Frankfurt am Main from the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. The map is orientated with north to the bottom. The extensive French batteries to the south of the River Main are shown. Casualties at the Battle of Dettingen: British: 15 officers, 250 soldiers and 327 horses killed. 38 officers, 520 soldiers and 155 horses wounded. It is hard to reconcile the low British casualties with the bombardment by 50 French guns across the river into the British flank, a couple of hundred metres away at most, at the beginning of the battle. It may be that the guns were masked for longer by the passing French troops than the descriptions of the battle indicate. Hanover: 177 killed and 376 wounded. Austria: 315 killed and 663 wounded.

French casualties: 8,000 (not a reliable figure but the best available) Battle of Dettingen fought on 16th June 1743 in the War of the Austrian Succession: click here to buy this picture Follow-up to the Battle of Dettingen: Royal Regiment of Horse (Blues): Battle of Dettingen fought on 16th June 1743 in the War of the Austrian Succession: Mackenzie after Representation of Cloathing 1742 Once the battle was over, the Pragmatic Army continued its retreat to Hanau and in due course returned to its bases in Flanders. The British casualties were left on the battlefield for the French to look after. Regimental anecdotes and traditions from the Battle of Dettingen: At the beginning of the battle it seemed that the French threat was to Aschaffenburg. The Hanoverian General Ilton dispatched the Hanoverian and British Foot Guards to the rear of the army. To their indignation these regiments took no part in the battle, for which they blamed Ilton. There was no love lost between the British and the Hanoverians.

General Ilton protested that his action in sending them to the rear had ‘preserved’ them. The officers of the Foot Guards labeled Ilton the ‘Confectioner’. Royal Scotch Fuziliers: Battle of Dettingen The absence of the British Foot Guards from the fighting was a cause of much ribaldry among the British Line Regiments. There was an incident during the First World War when a battalion of the East Surrey Regiment (31st Foot the ‘Young Buffs) made slighting remarks at a Grenadier Guards battalion of their failure to take part in the fighting at the Battle of Dettingen. One of the principal French regiments of foot in the attack from Dettingen was the Garde Française. This regiment is reputed to have been particularly quick to re-cross the Main, many of its soldiers being thrown into the river by the bridge’s collapse. The regiment thereby acquired the nickname of “Les Canards du Main”. Hence the French word ‘canard’ meaning an insult. (see the comments of Sir Charles Hay to the Garde Française at the Battle of Fontenoy).

Cornet Richardson rescuing the standard of the 7th Horse: Battle of Dettingen fought on 16th June 1743 in the War of the Austrian Succession During the attack by the French Maison du Roi, Cornet Richardson of Ligonier’s Horse (7th Dragoon Guards) rescued his regiment’s standard. Dragoon Thomas Brown of Bland’s King’s Own Royal Dragoons: Battle of Dettingen fought on 16th June 1743 in the War of the Austrian Succession Dragoon Thomas Brown rescued the guidon of Bland’s Dragoons (3rd Hussars) and was knighted by King George II. Another cavalryman who distinguished himself at the Battle of Dettingen was George Daraugh of Sir Robert Rich’s Dragoons. Lieutenant Colonel Sir Andrew Agnew of Lochaw warned his Royal Scots Fusiliers not to fire until they could ‘see the whites of their e’en’. King George II is said to have called the 31st Foot the “Buffs” during the battle.

It was pointed out to him that they were not in fact the “Buffs”, although they wore buff facings like the 3rd Foot, but were a more recently raised regiment. The King is reputed to have called out, “Well done the Young Buffs.” The Horse Guards are said to have played ‘Britons strike home’ as they charged. The Duke of Cumberland was wounded by a bullet in the leg during the battle. He was troubled by this injury for the rest of his life. His close friend the Earl of Albemarle was also wounded (see Braddock III ). Dragoon George Daraugh of Sir Robert Rich’s Dragoons: Battle of Dettingen 16th June 1743 in the War of the Austrian Succession King George II’s horse bolted during the battle. The King is said to have sheltered under an oak and to have presented an oak leaf to the soldiers who looked after him. The Cheshire Regiment (22nd Regiment of Foot) claims this honour. However they were in garrison in Gibraltar at the time. King George II was not the only one who had trouble controlling his horse.

The Royal Regiment of Horse (the Blues) and the King’s Horse are reputed to have bolted through the Royal Scots Fusiliers. Among those who took part in the Battle of Dettingen were: George August Elliott, the defender of Gibraltar during the 7 year siege in the Bourbon War of 1777, becoming Lord Heathfield, Lieutenant James Wolfe, appointed in 1759 Major General in America and capturer of the City of Quebec, Lieutenant Jeffrey Amherst, appointed in 1759 to command in America and conqueror of French Canada. The Battle of Dettingen is of considerable importance in British history almost solely because of the presence of the Sovereign, King George II. Handel wrote a Te Deum and an anthem in celebration of the victory.

Horse Guards at the Battle of Dettingen fought on 16th June 1743 in the War of the Austrian Succession: picture by Harry Payne 31st Foot: Battle of Dettingen fought on 16th June 1743 in the War of the Austrian Succession: Mackenzie after Representation of Cloathing 1742 King George II is said to have revived the title of ‘Knight Banneret’ to honour British soldiers for distinguished conduct at the Battle of Dettingen. Among those said to have been so honoured were Cornet Richardson of the 7th Horse and Dragoon Thomas Brown of Bland’s King’s Own Dragoons. Lieutenant-General John Ligonier was made a Knight of the Bath by King George II on the field after the Battle of Dettingen. The contemporary plan of the Battle of Dettingen (see above) from the archives of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam is a significant document in establishing the circumstances and chain of events in the battle. It shows for example that the French camp was immediately across the Main River from the camp of the Pragmatic Army. It also shows the extensive French batteries on the south side of the River Main.

References for the Battle of Dettingen: William Augustus Duke of Cumberland by Evan Charteris Field Marshall Lord Ligonier by Rex Whitworth Fortescue’s History of the British Army Volume II Fontenoy by Francis Henry Skrine William Augustus Duke of Cumberland by Rex Whitworth Dettingen 1743 by Michael Orr The previous battle in the British Battles series is the Battle of Malplaquet The next battle of the War of the Austrian Succession is the Battle of Fontenoy King George II at the Battle of Dettingen, 27 June 1743 | Online Collection | National Army Museum, London « New search « Prev - 1 of 1 results - Next » King George II at the Battle of Dettingen, with the Duke of Cumberland and Robert, 4th Earl of Holderness, 27 June 1743. Oil on canvas by John Wootton (1682-1764), 1743. The Battle of Dettingen was fought during the War of the Austrian Succession (1740-1748) in the area which is now southern Germany.

When his retreat was cut off, King George II (1683-1760) successfully led a multinational force of British, Hanoverians, Dutch and Austrians against the French under the Duc de Noailles, inflicting heavy losses. This was the last occasion when a reigning British monarch led his troops in person on the battlefield. As Duke of Cambridge, the King had already fought under Marlborough's command at the Battle of Oudenarde in 1708. Although he displayed great personal courage, the King had little flair for higher military command and wisely left the conduct of the campaign to his generals. His victory at Dettingen brought him much popularity at home. On the King's right is his third son, William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland (1721-1765). In April 1743, aged 22 and with the rank of major-general, Cumberland accompanied his father on campaign, serving as his aide-de-camp. The Duke served with distinction and was wounded in the leg at the Battle of Dettingen.

NAM Accession Number Battle of Dettingen | Military Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia South Asia The Battle of Dettingen (German language: Schlacht bei Dettingen) took place on 27 June [Note 2] 1743 at Dettingen on the River Main , Germany, during the War of the Austrian Succession . The British forces, in alliance with those of Hannover and Hesse, defeated a French army under the duc de Noailles . It was the last time that a British monarch (in this case George II ) personally led his troops into battle. The battle straddled the river about 18 miles east of Frankfurt, with guns on the Hessian bank but most of the combat on the flat Bavarian bank. The village of Dettingen is today the town of Karlstein am Main , in the extreme northwest of the large state of Bavaria, fully 200 miles from the capital, Munich. Contents Edit The allied army was known as the Pragmatic Army because it was a confederation of states that supported the Pragmatic Sanction of 1713 agreements to recognize Maria Theresa as sovereign of the Habsburg Empire.

The British force of 16,000 men under John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair , had landed at Ostend in the Austrian Netherlands on 10 July 1742. Here it formed the Pragmatic Army, some 44,000 strong at the start of the campaign, also containing 16,000 Hanoverians with the balance made up of Austrians, Hessians and Dutch. [12] The army remained here inactive until January 1743, when King George II ordered Dalrymple to march into Germany, leaving the Hessians and some Austrian troops to protect the Netherlands. The internal divisions in the Dutch Republic delayed their army of 20,000 so that it came too late to participate in the campaign. [13] The Austrian commander, the Duke of Arenberg, proposed to follow the Neckar and march towards Bavaria, but King George feared a Prussian attack on Hanover and decided to march along the north bank of the Main, keeping all options open. On 17 June the army set up camp between Kleinostheim and Aschaffenburg.

King George II, accompanied by 25 squadrons of British and Hanoverian cavalry, arrived there on 19 June and took up overall command. By 27 June, the French had cut the allies' line of supply and the Pragmatic Army had suffered severely from a lack of supplies and, in a reduced state, decided to fall back on Hanau, just what the French wanted. This was the result of skillfull maneuvering and harassment by a French army of some 45,000 led by Noailles. The battle Adrien-Maurice, Duc de Noailles. John Dalrymple, Lord Stair On 27 June, the Pragmatic Army marched west from the town of Aschaffenburg, along the line of the north bank of the Main river, right into the famous 'mousetrap' [14] set by Noailles at the village of Dettingen cutting the allies line of retreat to Hanau.

There, behind the Forbach stream running into the Main, Noailles had stationed the Duc of Gramont with a blocking force of some 23,000 troops in a line that ran from Dettingen to the Spessart Heights behind the marshy stream and had lined the south bank of the Main with artillery that could fire without interference on the Pragmatic army's left flank while about 12,000 French troops marched south on Aschaffenburg crossing the Main behind the allied army. Thickly wooded hills to the Pragmatic Army's right flank prevented the allies from turning Gramont's position. Some six hours passed with the British, Austrians and Hanoverians trying to form an advance in this confined position. At one point, George II's horse ran off with him; it was halted by Ensign Cyrus Trapaud , who received a promotion as a reward. James Wolfe wrote that the Pragmatic first line of infantry consisted of 9 regiments of British foot, 4 or 5 Austrian regiments and some Hanoverian regiments.

[15] About noon, against orders, [16] Gramont impatiently attacked the allies with the Maison du Roi cavalry, initially with some success, breaking through the British front lines, throwing the British cavalry into their infantry and capturing a number of standards. [17] The French infantry followed and they too had initial success, throwing back several British regiments of foot. However, the charge forced the French artillery to stop firing and, with the attack spent and the French out of their defenses, the allies counter-attacked. An Austrian brigade of three regiments [18] advanced into a gap made by the British retiring [19] and charged the French infantry in the flank while a large Hanoverian artillery battery cannonaded the French line. [20] The French line collapsed with the Allies driving Gramont's force across and into the river with the British foot quick off the step for their earlier hardships. As a consequence the road to Hanau was opened which allowed the Allies to continue their retreat and re-supply. Aftermath Edit With the French defeat at Dettingen, the Duc de Noailles missed the best opportunity to win the war at a stroke for the French.

Had the French prevailed the Pragmatic Army would have had to surrender or starve and the King of Great Britain, George II, would have fallen prisoner to Louis XV. [21] Quotations Edit Royal Scots Fusilier During the battle, Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Andrew Agnew of Lochnaw warned his Regiment The Royal Scots Fusiliers not to fire until they could "see the whites of their e'en." [22] A noted wit, Sir Andrew is also quoted as addressing his regiment thus: "Lads, you see they loons (young men) on yon' hill. Better kill them afore they kill you." And to George II after the battle, who had (humorously) chided him for letting a French cavalry charge break into his Regiment's position: "An' it please Your Majesty, but they didna' gang oot again." Legacy Edit In memory of this victory, Handel composed his Dettingen Te Deum and Dettingen Anthem. The two parties had agreed before the battle that the sick and wounded who fell into the hands of the enemy would be cared for and not considered prisoners of war.

When the allies retreated, they left behind most of their wounded and the French respected the agreement, a precursor of the Geneva Convention . Dettingen has since 1947 been the name of one of the training companies at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst . In recent years it has been the training unit for short courses (for example the Territorial Army Officers' Commissioning Courses) run at the Academy. Additionally, it is the name of 4 (Dettingen) Troop at Army Training Regiment Winchester. Dettingen House at Deepcut is the Headquarters of The Royal Logistic Corps, and houses the Museum of Army Logistics. Notes Edit ↑ Missing unrecorded and not included ↑ Many British sources from the time express the date as 16 June (according to the 'Julian calendar', which was still in use in Britain at the time) instead of 27 June according to the Gregorian calendar. Britain adopted the Gregorian calendar in 1752. References King George II at the Battle of Dettingen, 1743 by John Wootton at National Army Museum © National Army Museum Copyright Purchased with the generous assistance of the National Art Collections Fund.

King George II at the Battle of Dettingen, with the Duke of Cumberland and Robert, 4th Earl of Holderness, 27 June 1743. Oil on canvas by John Wootton, 1743. The Battle of Dettingen was fought during the War of the Austrian Succession (1740-1748) in the area which is now southern Germany. When his retreat was cut off, King George II (1683-1760) successfully led a multinational force of British, Hanoverians, Dutch and Austrians against the French under the Duc de Noailles, inflicting heavy losses. This was the last occasion when a reigning British monarch led his troops in person on the battlefield. As Duke of Cambridge, the King had already fought under Marlborough’s command at the Battle of Oudenarde in 1708. Although he displayed great personal courage, the King had little flair for higher military command and wisely left the conduct of the campaign to his generals. His victory at Dettingen brought him much popularity at home.

King George II | Britroyals Born: October 30, 1683 at Herrenhausen, Hanover Parents: George I and Sophia Dorothea Relation to Elizabeth II: 5th great-grandfather House of: Hanover Ascended to the throne: June 11, 1727 aged 43 years Crowned: October 11, 1727 at Westminster Abbey Married: Caroline, daughter of Margrave of Brandenburg Children: Four sons and five daughters Died: October 25, 1760 at Kensington Palace, aged 76 years, 11 months, and 25 days Buried at: Westminster Reigned for: 33 years, 4 months, and 15 days Succeeded by: his grandson George III George II was born in Hanover the son of George I and Sophia of Celle. He married Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach in 1705 an attractive and intelligent women, and they had 9 children. In 1708 he took part in the Battle of Oudenarde in Belgium against the French.

His father became King George I of England in 1714 and he became Prince of Wales. However his father�s treatment of his mother whom he had imprisoned left son George with a hatred of his father and they regularly quarrelled. He was even put under arrest by his father who excluded him from public ceremonies. When his father died in 1727 he became King George II and set about changing his father�s policies. Walpole was expected to be dismissed but survived on the intervention of Queen Caroline. The death of Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI in 1740 led to the European War of Austrian Succession in which the British and Dutch supported Marie Theresa�s claim to the Austrian throne against the Prussians and French. George II personally led his troops at the Battle of Dettingen in 1743, becoming the last British monarch to lead his troops into battle. The Jacobite Rebellion of 1745, in which Charles Edward Stuart (�Bonnie Prince Charlie�) landed in Scotland and marched with a Highland army into England, was defeated at Culloden in 1746 and Scottish opposition brutally suppressed by George�s second son Prince William, Duke of Cumberland.

Like his father he quarrelled with his eldest son Frederick, Prince of Wales, over his marriage but Frederick died suddenly in 1751. The final years of his reign saw George retiring from active politics; however it was a period in which British dominance overseas grew. William Pitt became Prime Minister during the Seven years war against France which spread to India and North America. Robert Clive secured the Indian continent for Britain at the Battle of Plassey, and General Wolfe captured Quebec in Canada. George II died in 1760 of an aneurysm while seated on his water closet. He was succeeded by his grandson also called George. King George II's Signature Quotes: �No I shall have mistresses� � King George II (to his wife Caroline on her death bed when she suggested that he remarry) �Mad, is he? Then I hope he will bite some of my other generals� � King George II (about General Wolfe) �I hate all Boets and Bainters� � King George II on the arts (he spoke with a strong German accent).

He did however have a soft spot for music particularly George Frederick Handel who wrote Zadok the Priest for his coronation and Music for Royal Fireworks to celebrate the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle. Timeline for King George II Year The Battle of Dettingen, 27 June 1743 | Online Collection | National Army Museum, London « New search « Prev - 1 of 1 results - Next » 'The Glorious Action of Dettingen June 27 N.S. [16 O.S.] between the Forces of the Allies and the French Army under Marshal Noailles commanded by King George of Great Britain'. Coloured line engraving by I Pano after F Daremberg, published by Robert Wilkinson, London, 1743 (c). The Battle of Dettingen was fought during the War of the Austrian Succession (1742-1748). When his retreat was cut off, King George II successfully led his British, Hanoverian and Austrian forces against the French under the Duc de Noailles, inflicting heavy losses. This was the last occasion when a reigning British monarch led his troops in person on the battlefield.

As Duke of Cambridge, the King had already fought under Marlborough's command at the Battle of Oudenarde in 1708. Although he displayed great personal courage, the King had little flair for higher military command and wisely left the conduct of the campaign to his generals. His victory at Dettingen brought him much popularity at home. NAM Accession Number The Dettingen Cup | Army Tigers artefact June 27, 1743 The Dettingen Cup was presented by Lieutenant Colonel HL Smith DSO to his brother officers on leaving the Regiment on 21 June 1911. It depicts an event which occurred during the Battle of Dettingen in June 1743 where His Majesty King George II, led the British forces into battle, including 20th & 31st Foot. Mistaking the 31st Huntingdonshire Regiment for the 3rd Buffs, as their facings were similar, called out "Bravo Buffs" and when reminded it was the 31st his Majesty re-joined "Bravo Young Buffs". This name, valuable for the time and manner it was conferred, has since been retained as a traditional title.

The Battle of Dettingen (German: Schlacht bei Dettingen) took place on 27 June 1743 at Dettingen on the River Main, Germany, during the War of the Austrian Succession. The British forces, in alliance with those of Hanover and Hesse, defeated a French army under the Duc de Noailles. The battle straddled the river about 18 miles east of Frankfurt, with guns on the Hessian bank but most of the combat on the flat Bavarian bank. The village of Dettingen is today the town of Karlstein am Main, in the extreme northwest of Bavaria. George II (1683 - 1760) - Find A Grave Memorial Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Greater London, England British Monarch. Born George Augustus Guelph in what was at the time the Electorate of Hanover, he was the only son of George Louis, Prince of Brunswick-Luneburg (later King George I) and Sophia of Celle.

He married Princess Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach on August 27, 1705, and upon the death of his father George I, he acceeded to the throne of Great Britain in 1727, and was crowned on October 11. George II had three great passions in life - the military, music, and his wife. Although often unsure of himself politically, he was a brave man who holds the distinction of being the last British monarch to personally lead his troops into battle (against the French at the Battle of Dettingen, Bavaria in 1743 during the War of the Austrian Succession). In 1745 and 1746, his royal troops suppressed the last Jacobite uprising led by Prince Charles Edward Stuart. Britain was expanding as a colonial power, and clashed with France in India, America (the French and Indian Wars) and Europe (the Seven Years War). During the latter years of his reign, George II no longer took an active part in politics and war, but the foundations of the Industrial Revolution were laid, the population was rising rapidly, and in 1752 Great Britain officially abandoned the Julian Calendar for the Gregorian.

King George II died of an aortic dissection at the age of 77. He was succeeded by his grandson, George III. (bio by: Kristen Conrad)

Question: The Battle of Dettingen in which George II led the British troops occurred during which War?
Answer: WAR OF THE AUSTRIAN SUCCESSION